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Reader Comments (15)

Nat: Yes, translating the costume Electro has in the comics to live-action film would be stupid with a capital S, even though I actually like it. However: Overplayed sleek black over the AWESOME multi-tinted green containment suit of the Spectacular Spider-Man animated show? (If you haven't seen the show, look up "electro spectacular spider-man" and you'll see images at least.) Even cursory research on the character should have turned that up, so not going with it is LAZY.

Sorry, I meant: Going with a live-action version of the Spectacular Spider-Man costume would be less lazy than "Black = Badass." You still need to acknowledge the BASE of iconography to make GREAT costumes, especially when it comes to villains. I get that Spider-Man fighting a lot of villains coloured green could make it easy for things to blur together at least a bit (8 of his villains have green as their primary aesthetic profile, most of those forming Spidey's top 11 villains), but that's what you're stuck with, iconography wise.

Richard Lawson (the Atlantic reviewer) is da bomb and a brilliant writer. Has anyone read his parody recaps of Gossip Girl on Gawker? Art. Sheer works of art. If I make it to be an unbelievably old and crusty and stimuli-deprived woman, i hope I can remember the existence of those recaps, read them, and then have a good cry from laughing so hard.

Would that Reese (whom I love) could put as much energy/enthusiasm into her own film career. I'm really nervous for her. Especially with a new baby on the way, I wonder what we're going to be getting from her as her priorities and availability shifts. Girlfriend needs someone tap dancing on Sunset for her. With decent scripts (ones that don't involve elephants) in each hand.